Avoid Parenting Trouble | Shannon O'Dell

Family Game Night, Week 4. This week Pastor Shannon O'Dell pulls out the OG Trouble box and talks about kids, because kids are trouble.

The message walks through three "pop-o-matic parenting myths" a lot of Christian homes believe, then gets into what actually shapes the next generation. Out of 1 Timothy 3, Deuteronomy 6, and Hebrews 12, it comes down to getting your vertical relationship with Jesus right so the horizontal ones work. If you're a parent, a grandparent, an aunt or uncle, a coach, or a teacher, this one is for you.

It closes with four things you can start tonight, and a reminder that it's not too late.

Chapters

00:00 Welcome

00:22 The OG Trouble box

02:52 Influencing the next generation

03:30 1 Timothy 3: manage your home well

06:05 Pop-o-matic parenting myths

06:30 Myth 1: the right environment

08:23 Be the pastor of your home

09:47 Myth 2: just keep them in church

10:27 Myth 3: outsourcing discipleship

12:19 The UNO principle: Matthew 6:33

13:52 Vertical truth #1: discipline

14:08 Hebrews 12:7-8

17:00 Vertical truth #2: devotion

17:57 Deuteronomy 6

20:12 Wanting to be best friends with your kids

21:55 They're on rent

24:09 Trouble: success over spiritual life

26:48 You're raising a worshipper

28:00 Trouble: reputation

28:48 Trouble: control

30:46 Trouble: doing instead of being

32:06 Trouble: making it personal

33:45 Balance is a lie, it's rhythm

34:32 Four things to start now

35:30 Be intentional

36:39 Ordinary moments

39:14 G-PAW mode and praying over McDonald's

41:49 Take initiative

42:40 Model it: Ephesians 5:1

44:13 Do it immediately

44:21 It's not too late

45:32 Closing prayer